# questions thoughts (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover questions thoughts. Page: Feed: --- ## [Optimizing Tool Selection for LLM Workflows: Differentiable Programming with PyTorch and DSPy](https://www.viksit.org/blog/optimizing-tool-selection-for-llm-workflows-differentiable-programming-with-pytorch-and-dspy) _2025-07-05 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Update: Trended on Page 1 on HN for the whole weekend! Part 2 coming soon! Thanks for all the feedback. Hackernews discussion How local… ## [From Prompts to Programs: Why We Need a Compiler for LLMs](https://www.viksit.org/blog/from-prompts-to-programs-why-we-need-a-compiler-for-llms) _2025-05-13 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Early computing started with logic gates. We wrote in binary because we could reason about how bits flowed through circuits. As complexity… ## [Three Futures for AI](https://www.viksit.org/blog/three-futures-for-ai) _2025-05-13 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ We’re racing toward something. Whether it’s AGI or another false summit, the scale of what we’re building is hard to ignore. There are only… ## [When Software Starts To Listen](https://www.viksit.org/blog/when-software-starts-to-listen) _2025-05-07 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Most software today is basically deaf. You poke at it, and if you’re lucky, it does what you want. But it doesn’t listen. Not really. That’s… ## [Prompt Engineering Is the New Assembly Language](https://www.viksit.org/blog/prompt-engineering-is-the-new-assembly-language) _2025-04-30 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ There’s a belief circulating in AI circles right now that a cleverly written prompt is proprietary gold. That if you can coax the right… ## [Ops, AI Did It Again](https://www.viksit.org/blog/ops-ai-did-it-again) _2025-04-16 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ As we create more autonomous tools like @Anthropic Claude Code and @OpenAI Codex, it’s getting more important to understand how to rein in… ## [The Coming Ambient Discrimination: You’re not being watched. You’re being predicted](https://www.viksit.org/blog/the-coming-ambient-discrimination-youre-not-being-watched-youre-being-predicted) _2025-04-14 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ What people aren’t talking about yet, surprisingly or maybe not, is how @OpenAI is going to have the most insidiously detailed experiential… ## [What happens when AI is the journalist in the group chat?](https://www.viksit.org/blog/what-happens-when-ai-is-the-journalist-in-the-group-chat) _2025-03-25 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Yesterday’s Signal mishap — where a journalist was mistakenly added to a White House group chat about military planning — wasn’t a technical… ## [Text prompts won’t scale for coding](https://www.viksit.org/blog/text-prompts-wont-scale-for-coding) _2025-03-17 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Everyone’s buzzing about “prompt engineering” or “vibe coding” using tools like Cursor or Windsurf to turn text prompts into code. It feels… ## [AI Doesn’t Just Need More Compute — It Needs Better Ways to Think](https://www.viksit.org/blog/ai-doesnt-just-need-more-compute-it-needs-better-ways-to-think) _2025-03-13 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ AI reasoning is often misunderstood. We assume that once a model is trained, it simply retrieves knowledge and applies it to solve complex… ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0laHASNp9q9p) _2025-03-12 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [Code Less, Express More: 5 Principles for the LLM Compiler Paradigm](https://www.viksit.org/blog/code-less-express-more-5-principles-for-the-llm-compiler-paradigm) _2025-03-06 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ We've traditionally thought of programming as carefully translating our ideas line-by-line into code. But what if writing explicit code isn… ## [Understanding Microsoft’s New Quantum Breakthrough: A Simple Yet Deep Guide (No PhD Needed)](https://www.viksit.org/blog/understanding-microsofts-new-quantum-breakthrough-a-simple-yet-deep-guide-no-phd-needed) _2025-02-27 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Microsoft recently announced the Majorana-1 quantum processor, hailed as a breakthrough in quantum computing. Media coverage often glosses… ## [An IDE for Ideas: Rethinking Code in the Age of AI](https://www.viksit.org/blog/an-ide-for-ideas-rethinking-code-in-the-age-of-ai) _2025-02-26 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ We’ve LLM-powered Microsoft VSCode. Engineers now build at speeds that were once unimaginable—with @cursor\_ai and @windsurf\_ai leading the… ## [Why Meta open sourced AI to save its future](https://www.viksit.org/blog/why-meta-open-sourced-ai-to-save-its-future) _2025-02-20 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ AI is rewriting the rules of tech dominance, and Mark Zuckerberg is playing a high-stakes game to keep Meta in the fight. Once an… ## [Heavy metal computing: Foundational AI is the new space race](https://www.viksit.org/blog/heavy-metal-computing-foundational-ai-is-the-new-space-race) _2025-02-18 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ When people think of a country showcasing its technological might, they might recall the early days of nuclear breakthroughs or iconic space… ## [AI sovereignty: Understanding India’s AI chip potential in the global GPU race](https://www.viksit.org/blog/ai-sovereignty-understanding-indias-ai-chip-potential-in-the-global-gpu-race) _2025-02-16 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Yesterday, I discussed the three pillars of AI sovereignty. Today, I’m diving into the first pillar—hardware fabrication—and examining where… ## [What does AI sovereignty mean for a country? 3 pillars to dominate the AI arms race](https://www.viksit.org/blog/what-does-ai-sovereignty-mean-for-a-country-3-pillars-to-dominate-the-ai-arms-race) _2025-02-14 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ AI is becoming a cornerstone of national power. Nations are locked in an escalating AI arms race, as witnessed even this week at the Paris… ## [Empire of algorithms: America’s blueprint for global AI control](https://www.viksit.org/blog/empire-of-algorithms-americas-blueprint-for-global-ai-control) _2025-02-13 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ JD Vance’s recent Paris address was less about championing democratic AI, and more a mirror of U.S. companies’ relentless push for fewer… ## [Telling your story: The human art of writing in an AI world](https://www.viksit.org/blog/telling-your-story-the-human-art-of-writing-in-an-ai-world) _2025-02-12 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Over the years, I’ve had the good fortune to build two startups supported by amazing people. In my evolution as a founder, I realized that… ## [The end of the end user: When consumers become co-creators](https://www.viksit.org/blog/the-end-of-the-end-user-when-consumers-become-co-creators) _2025-02-12 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ In the most literal sense, an “end user” is someone who receives a final product. Someone who has no hand in its design or development. But… ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LnRhYOa4r7sK) _2025-02-11 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [AI disrupted how we create content. Crypto will redefine how we value it.](https://www.viksit.org/blog/ai-disrupted-how-we-create-content-crypto-will-redefine-how-we-value-it) _2025-02-11 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ It is abundantly clear that AI slop is here to stay. We’re in an era of cheap, disposable, shallow content so generic that it barely holds… ## [From parrots to prodigies: Why scaling alone won’t make AI truly smart](https://www.viksit.org/blog/from-parrots-to-prodigies-why-scaling-alone-wont-make-ai-truly-smart) _2025-02-09 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ While industry leaders like Sam Altman and Dario Amodei tout that more compute, more data, and ever-lower loss are the keys to AGI, much of… ## [AI empowers developers: Entering the era of augmentation, not obsolescence](https://www.viksit.org/blog/ai-empowers-developers-entering-the-era-of-augmentation-not-obsolescence) _2025-02-08 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ There’s a clamor that AI is going to crash software developer salaries and render them obsolete. Some companies are already saying they won… ## [Replicating the calculated madness of human brains: Can we teach AI to make irrational decisions?](https://www.viksit.org/blog/replicating-the-calculated-madness-of-human-brains-can-we-teach-ai-to-make-irrational-decisions) _2025-02-07 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Chaos may be the catalyst that pushes AI to the next level. Ten years ago, I asked a question: Can there be an algorithm for creativity? I… ## [The rise of 1 billion casual developers: software is no longer a product. It's a medium](https://www.viksit.org/blog/the-rise-of-1-billion-casual-developers-software-is-no-longer-a-product-its-a-medium) _2025-02-07 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ For decades, software was built by professionals. Now, a billion people are making it — without realizing they’re developers. Casual… ## [Survival for sale: 3 ways AI turns climate disaster into a business model — without us noticing](https://www.viksit.org/blog/survival-for-sale-3-ways-ai-turns-climate-disaster-into-a-business-model-without-us-noticing) _2025-02-05 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ When disaster strikes, AI won’t ask who deserves to be saved. It’ll ask: who paid for priority access? There’s an old machine learning story… ## [Thoughts on Dwarkesh’s essay on fully automated firms: 8 implications of a post AGI world](https://www.viksit.org/blog/thoughts-on-dwarkeshs-essay-on-fully-automated-firms-8-implications-of-a-post-agi-world) _2025-02-04 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ When expertise becomes copy-paste, the architecture of civilization will no longer built around humans. It’ll be around the servers and… ## [What Kraftwerk did for music, AI will do for engineering: free us to create with empathy](https://www.viksit.org/blog/what-kraftwerk-did-for-music-ai-will-do-for-engineering-free-us-to-create-with-empathy) _2025-02-04 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ In the 1970s, people thought synthesizers would kill music. Instead, Kraftwerk made it more human. When Kraftwerk released Autobahn in 197… ## [The future of AI isn't the cloud, its in your pocket. And DeMo just made it possible.](https://www.viksit.org/blog/the-future-of-ai-isnt-the-cloud-its-in-your-pocket-and-demo-just-made-it-possible) _2025-02-03 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ We’ve been building AI backwards: training giant models in data centers and squeezing them onto devices. What if the future of AI works the… ## [Writing on substack](https://www.viksit.org/blog/writing-on-substack) _2025-02-03 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ I'm experimenting with a more social way of writing on Substack. Follow me there for more. -- If you have any questions or thoughts, don't… ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NLsiQFUsQwE2) _2025-02-02 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [AI may create a new aristocracy: where only the rich can afford to be human](https://www.viksit.org/blog/ai-may-create-a-new-aristocracy-where-only-the-rich-can-afford-to-be-human) _2025-02-02 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ AI will democratize education, but it may also create a new class divide — where human mentorship and connection becomes the ultimate… ## [AI agents will break the internet’s $600B ad economy. Here’s what comes next.](https://www.viksit.org/blog/ai-agents-will-break-the-internets-600b-ad-economy-heres-what-comes-next) _2025-01-31 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ The internet runs on human attention, but AI agents won’t have any. Ads work because people see them: scrolling, clicking, impulse buying… ## [Algorithmic Imperialism won’t be solved by lawsuits and policy changes alone. 3 upcoming shifts that can actually decolonize AI](https://www.viksit.org/blog/algorithmic-imperialism-wont-be-solved-by-lawsuits-and-policy-changes-alone-3-upcoming-shifts-that-can-actually-decolonize-ai) _2025-01-30 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ In 2025, AI is centralized in the hands of a few western companies that control everything — training data, compute power, access, and… ## [India’s OpenAI lawsuit exposes Silicon Valley’s Algorithmic Imperialism: Inside the Global South’s fight to reclaim its data](https://www.viksit.org/blog/indias-openai-lawsuit-exposes-silicon-valleys-algorithmic-imperialism-inside-the-global-souths-fight-to-reclaim-its-data) _2025-01-29 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ OpenAI’s dismissal of India’s copyright lawsuit as a “jurisdictional mismatch” reveals a fatal blind spot — India’s case isn’t about… ## [LLMs are fast becoming commodities: 5 trends for builders to add value at the app layer](https://www.viksit.org/blog/llms-are-fast-becoming-commodities-5-trends-for-builders-to-add-value-at-the-app-layer) _2025-01-28 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ The future of AI isn’t about bigger models; it’s about smarter apps that solve real problems. The winners will understand business pain… ## [Marx’s law of innovation: or how China’s constraints are redefining AI’s future and freaking out Silicon Valley](https://www.viksit.org/blog/marxs-law-of-innovation-or-how-chinas-constraints-are-redefining-ais-future-and-freaking-out-silicon-valley) _2025-01-27 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Innovation isn’t about having the most resources. It’s about reconfiguring what you have under constraints. Karl Marx’s insight from his… ## [Your digital trash Is AI’s next gold rush: The coming battle for 'Exhaust Data'](https://www.viksit.org/blog/your-digital-trash-is-ais-next-gold-rush-the-coming-battle-for-exhaust-data) _2025-01-27 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Forgotten bug reports. Awkward email drafts. Chaotic Slack threads. These aren’t just the digital clutter of our lives. They’re going to be… ## [Why most founders fail at customer conversations — 3 hard-earned lessons from 300+ interviews](https://www.viksit.org/blog/why-most-founders-fail-at-customer-conversations-3-hard-earned-lessons-from-300-interviews) _2025-01-26 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ I thought customer interviews were about asking the right questions. Turns out, they’re about what you give, not what you get. Early on, I… ## [The Tiktokification of apps: How AI will transform building, selling, and monetizing software](https://www.viksit.org/blog/the-tiktokification-of-apps-how-ai-will-transform-building-selling-and-monetizing-software) _2025-01-24 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ When anyone can create apps as easily as content, software stops being a product. It becomes a language of expression. For decades, apps… ## [How AI can replace fossil fuels faster than politicians: a jargon-free guide to its surprising climate impact](https://www.viksit.org/blog/how-ai-can-replace-fossil-fuels-faster-than-politicians-a-jargon-free-guide-to-its-surprising-climate-impact) _2025-01-23 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, a server gulps down electricity. Multiply that by billions of queries, and you begin to see the… ## [3 things I learned selling AI to enterprises — what every founder should know](https://www.viksit.org/blog/3-things-i-learned-selling-ai-to-enterprises-what-every-founder-should-know) _2025-01-22 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Your buyer doesn’t care about your cool technology. They care about saving money\*\*,\*\* making money\*\*, or\*\* looking good to their boss… ## [4 principles to keep in mind when building truly autonomous AI agents](https://www.viksit.org/blog/4-principles-to-keep-in-mind-when-building-truly-autonomous-ai-agents) _2025-01-22 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ "An AI agent that can be shut down or quietly rewritten isn’t autonomous. It’s just pretending to be.” In 2021, a major AWS outage disrupted… ## [The future of Figma is Replit: Why prototypes are the new product specs](https://www.viksit.org/blog/the-future-of-figma-is-replit-why-prototypes-are-the-new-product-specs) _2025-01-21 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Static product specs are obsolete. They’re relics of a slower, less iterative world, disconnected from the realities of modern product… ## [The rise of Creator-PMs: why failing faster is the new superpower](https://www.viksit.org/blog/the-rise-of-creator-pms-why-failing-faster-is-the-new-superpower) _2025-01-19 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ The best product managers (PMs) aren’t defined by how much they create — but by how fast they discard wrong hypotheses. AI has fundamentally… ## [How US AI export controls are igniting a global AI arms race](https://www.viksit.org/blog/how-us-ai-export-controls-are-igniting-a-global-ai-arms-race) _2025-01-18 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ The US has imposed new restrictions on AI exports, claiming they’ll “protect innovation.” Instead, they’re setting the stage for a global… ## [Why Founder-Community fit is even more important than Product-Market fit](https://www.viksit.org/blog/why-founder-community-fit-is-even-more-important-than-product-market-fit) _2025-01-17 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Every startup begins with the same goal: solve an unsolved problem for a specific group of people. But here’s the often-overlooked question… ## [AI won’t steal your job — it’ll transform it](https://www.viksit.org/blog/ai-wont-steal-your-job-itll-transform-it) _2025-01-16 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ There’s a persistent myth that AI is here to replace human workers. It’s an easy narrative to believe—robots taking over jobs make for… ## [3 topics I’m excited about right now](https://www.viksit.org/blog/3-topics-im-excited-about-right-now) _2025-01-15 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Over the years, my interests have centered on technology, society, and how the two intersect. Here are three areas I’m actively exploring:… ## [3 Mistakes I Made When Building An AI Startup](https://www.viksit.org/blog/3-mistakes-i-made-when-building-an-ai-startup) _2025-01-14 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ 10 years ago, I built a chatbot called Myra that could handle restaurant recommendations, grocery orders, and even Uber bookings—all through… ## [Your AI Assistant Wants to Sell You Something](https://www.viksit.org/blog/your-ai-assistant-wants-to-sell-you-something) _2024-11-21 · Viksit Gaur Online | RSS Feed_ Imagine this: Your AI assistant reminds you to pick up coffee filters—and suggests a deal at the local shop. Welcome to the age of ad…